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Manufactured failure #2: the press, Obama, Asia

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 14:30:37 +0000

It's not just me . Two colleagues with different perspectives -- from each other's, and sometimes from my own -- marvel at how badly the mainstream American press distorted the picture of what happened during Barack Obama's just-ended tour of Asia. First, Howard French -- long of the NYT, now ...

Balloon Juice found this 10 hours ago on jamesfallows.theatlantic.com

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Small Town To Liz Cheney: We Want Gitmo Detainees, Not Your Fearmongering

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:25:57 +0000

Officials in a small Michigan town featured in a new video about Guantanamo by Liz Cheney’s national security group want her to know that they’re not falling for her “fearmongering” — and tell us they want Gitmo detainees in their town. Cheney’s group, Keep ...

Think Progress found this 26 hours ago on theplumline.whorunsgov.com

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Glenn Beck's '100 year plan' includes March on Washington

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:10:59 +0000

Well, he's announced it. The talk of "voter registration" and a "march on Washington" will ruffle plenty of liberal/African American feathers -- especially since the date of the march is August 28, the anniversary of Dr. King's original. I've got more details at a NEW post at Examiner.com ...

Kathy Shaidle posted 5 hours ago from fivefeetoffury.com

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How the Liberal Media Behaves With Abject Obsequiousness to Barack Obama

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:26:07 +0000

By James Fallows , who lived and worked in China and Japan for many years: “Barack Obama’s recent swing through Asia was a relative success, and certainly nothing like the disaster that most U.S. coverage implied.” And in a more recent post , Fallows says the press corps is ...

mahabarbara posted 2 hours ago from mahablog.com

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Every Dem Senator up in 2010 Cast the Winning Vote

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:40:14 +0000

Senator Lincoln just announced she would give her vote to Senator Reid and the White House to allow ObamaCare to the Senate floor. For the group of U.S. Senators up in 2010 — the ones facing the independent voters that turned 2:1 against the Democrats in the New Jersey and Virginia elections ...

Nice Deb found this 5 hours ago on redstate.com

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Palin Takes 'Going Rogue' on U.S. Book Tour

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:07:36 +0000

JIM LEHRER: And now to the Sarah Palin story: on the road again, promoting her memoir. Judy Woodruff reports. CROWD: Sarah! Sarah! Sarah! JUDY WOODRUFF: A year after she drew larger crowds than John McCain as number two on his ticket, Sarah Palin is drawing crowds again, this time as she ...

The Corner on National Review Online found this 2 days ago on pbs.org

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Lincoln.senate: Contact

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 14:07:57 +0000

Please click here for scheduling request only in Sen. Lincoln's Washington, DC office. . Liz Thompson Horowitz, Scheduler, 355 Dirksen Senate Office Bldg., Washington, D.C. 20515 Office: 202-224-4843; Fax: 202-228-1371. For all other request please click on the link above "Email Senator ...

Below The Beltway found this 11 hours ago on lincoln.senate.gov

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Retired US official and wife admit spying for Cuba

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 09:58:02 +0000

A retired US state department official and his wife have admitted spying for Cuba for nearly three decades. The former official, Walter Kendall Myers, 72, had access to top-secret government information. Under a plea deal, Mr Myers will spend the rest of his life in jail while wife Gwendolyn, ...

Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News found this 15 hours ago on news.bbc.co.uk

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Sarah Palin Gets Booed « The Washington Independent

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:50:04 +0000

It’s the dark side of the media sensation book tour: the disappointed fans who, in the age of YouTube and blog comments, have louder voices than ever. Liberal blogger Kevin K. at Rumproast has video and angry comments from Sarah Palin fans. One angry comment: Went to the book signing in ...

Daily Kos found this 28 hours ago on washingtonindependent.com

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AP Turns Heads for Devoting 11 Reporters to Palin Book 'Fact Check'

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 02:29:15 +0000

Sarah Palin is no normal politician, and at the Associated Press, apparently "Going Rogue" is no normal book. When the former Republican vice presidential candidate and former Alaska governor wrote her autobiography, the AP found a copy before its release date and assigned 11 people to fact ...

Gateway Pundit found this 3 days ago on foxnews.com

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Hasan had intensified contact with cleric

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:00:00 +0000

Army Maj. Nidal M. Hasan exchanged e-mails with a radical Yemeni American cleric and began to discuss surreptitious financial transfers, according to two sources.

Daniel Pipes :: Writings found this 20 hours ago on msnbc.msn.com

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The Associated Press: US envoy criticizes coverage of Obama China visit

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:29 +0000

13 hours ago BEIJING Washington's ambassador to Beijing hit out Friday at negative U.S. media coverage of President Barack Obama's visit to China, saying it failed to take into account important progress on many issues. Although producing no breakthroughs on key issues, Obama's first state ...

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Religious Leaders Unite Against Abortion and Same-Sex Unions

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:23:00 +0000

Citing the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. ’s call to civil disobedience, 145 evangelical, Roman Catholic and Orthodox Christian leaders have signed a declaration saying they will not cooperate with laws that they say could be used to compel their institutions to participate in abortions, or to ...

No More Mister Nice Blog found this 35 hours ago on nytimes.com

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EDITORIAL EXCLUSIVE: On terrorists, Justice recused

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:02:57 +0000

THE WASHINGTON TIMES The Obama Justice Department is having problems prosecuting terrorist cases because top department attorneys have conflicts of interest. According to documents obtained exclusively by The Washington Times, Associate Attorney General Thomas J. Perrelli, No. 3 official in the ...

Weekly Standard Blog found this 27 hours ago on washingtontimes.com

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Iowa Legislator To Join GOP Race Against Boswell

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:29:20 +0000

Iowa state Sen. Brad Zaun (R) will be joining the Republican field vying to oppose Rep. Leonard L. Boswell (D) in the Des Moines-area 3rd district. Zaun, who is serving his second four-year term in the Iowa Senate, told CQ...

Iowa Independent found this 32 hours ago on blogs.cqpolitics.com

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How bad schools affect the military

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:12:07 +0000

Michael Fumento , writing at Forbes, explains why Americans are Not Fit For Combat Low education and high-fat diets are keeping Americans out of the military . … About three-fourths of the nation’s 17- to 24-year-olds can’t join the military, largely due to these ...

Fausta posted 27 hours ago from faustasblog.com

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What Will the Reid Bill Cost?

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:09:00 +0000

Michael Cannon has some astute analysis of the Senate health care bill below. I posted these thoughts at Politico’s Arena: According to the Chamber of Commerce polls, strong majorities in every state they polled believe the health care bills will increase the deficit. In this case the ...

Booker Rising found this 46 hours ago on cato-at-liberty.org

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Corruptocrat AG Eric Holder’s conflicted DOJ

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:54:00 +0000

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The People of Standish (Keep America Safe) (video)

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:56:28 +0000

www.KeepAmericaSafe.comKeep America Safe Releases Mini-Documentary The People of StandishWASHINGTON, DC (November 19, 2009) - Today Keep America Safe release...

Weekly Standard Blog found this 2 days ago on youtube.com

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Yes, Palin Backed the Bailouts « The Washington Independent

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:59:05 +0000

Why has MSNBC embedded one of its top on-air talents with Sarah Palin’s book tour? That’s a good question, but I thought Norah O’Donnell’s grilling of a young Palin fan was a fair use of the network’s time. O’Donnell asked Jackie (no last name given), who was wearing a T-shirt criticizing the ...

Below The Beltway found this 30 hours ago on washingtonindependent.com

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